PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tariq Joey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Weldon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weldon has chosen Delilah as his entrance music. Tariq Joey could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Barry Weldon's chin.

Joey
vs
Weldon

187 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tariq Joey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Barry Weldon!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joey closes this distance looking for a takedown but Weldon circles away.
Weldon throws a low kick, looking for Joey's leg but Joey calmly moves out of range.
Joey has his takedown stuffed
and Weldon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Weldon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Joey's head backwards.
Joey shoots and misses
and Weldon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tariq Joey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Weldon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weldon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Joey shoots in for a takedown but Weldon shows good takedown defense.
Joey shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Weldon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joey gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Weldon counter with a right hand.
Weldon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Weldon has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Joey misses with a takedown attempt
and Weldon counters with a nice uppercut.
Joey is breathing heavily.
Joey with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Weldon to counter with a crisp jab.
Joey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Weldon scores with a jab. Joey acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Joey with a poor takedown
and Weldon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joey on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joey shoots in for a takedown but Weldon shows good takedown defense.
Weldon tests Joey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weldon lands a nice shot that snaps Joey's head back.
Weldon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Weldon misses with a low kick.
Weldon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Joey gets the takedown into side control.
Joey working the ground and pound but Weldon is defending the strikes.
Joey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Joey sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Weldon is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Joey seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Weldon is trying to control Joey's posture but Joey avoids it.
Joey in side control, throwing shots but Weldon defends.
Weldon tries to buck Joey off but Joey is having none of it.
Joey in side control, throwing shots but Weldon defends.
Joey in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Joey wants to control but Weldon is keeping him busy.
Joey working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Joey scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Weldon is trying to improve his position.
Weldon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Joey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weldon is trying to control Joey's posture but Joey avoids it.
Joey tries to score with some ground and pound. Weldon controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Joey misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Joey in side control, throwing shots but Weldon defends.
We've been hearing good reports from Joey's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Weldon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Weldon wants to control but Joey postures up.
Joey throws an elbow but Weldon slips to the side and avoids it well.
Weldon tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Joey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Joey throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Joey.
You can see the frustration on Weldon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Joey misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Weldon dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Joey closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Weldon's guard.
Joey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Weldon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Joey throwing strikes from guard but Weldon blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Joey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Joey throws a big right hand that misses.
Joey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Joey throws a big right hand that misses.
Joey slips nicely into half guard.
Joey thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joey content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Joey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tariq Joey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Weldon desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Ground and pound from Joey.
Weldon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Joey.
Joey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Joey thows a huge punch but Weldon dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Joey passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Joey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

It looks like Barry Weldon has been cut.
Joey landing strikes from the mount.

That has opened up Barry Weldon's cut even more.
Joey prevents Weldon from getting the reversal.
Joey working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Weldon is rocked!

The cut above Barry Weldon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Joey postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Weldon in real trouble here! The ref calls for Weldon to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tariq Joey!
Tariq Joey seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.